अथ संचिन्त्य लङ्केशः सोमलोकं जगाम ह। मेशृङ्गवरे रम्ये रजनीमुष्य वीर्यवान्॥ अथ स्यन्दनमारूढो दिव्यस्रगनुलेपनः। अप्सरोगणमुख्येन सेव्यमानस्तु गच्छति॥ रतिश्रान्तोऽप्सरोङ्केषु चुम्बित: स विबुध्यते। दृष्टस्तु पुरुषस्तेन दृष्ट्वा कौतूहलान्वितः॥
atha saṃcintya laṅkeśaḥ somalokaṃ jagāma ha| meśṛṅgavare ramye rajanīmuṣya vīryavān|| atha syandanamārūḍho divyasraganulepanaḥ| apsarogaṇamukhyena sevyamānastu gacchati|| ratiśrānto'psaroṅkeṣu cumbita: sa vibudhyate| dṛṣṭastu puruṣastena dṛṣṭvā kautūhalānvitaḥ||
English Meaning
Having spent the night on the picturesque summit of the mount Meru and thinking (for some time) the powerful lord of Lārkā went to the region of the moon. (And he saw a person) proceeding, seated on a car, sprinkled with heavenly unguents and attended upon by Apsarās. And worn out with the satisfaction of desire he was being kissed there. Seeing such a person his curiosity was greatly excited.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)